Most basketball players are either long gone from the NBA or buried deep on someone’s bench at 35 years of age. But Steve Nash is showing that his skills are far from gone.

Steve Nash took his time opening night, scoring 15 points of his 24 points in the final quarter leading the Phoenix Suns to an opening night win of the Golden State Warriors. He followed this up with an eye-popping 20 assists in a romp over the Golden Warriors. Is Nash’s performance a mirage in the desert? Is it simply what good point guards do against two lowly Western Conference opponents? Or is this a wake-up call to the rest of the NBA that Nash & the Suns are back?

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Ricky Rubio has all the promise of the next great NBA point guard. Blessed with silky smooth moves and a flair that matches Spain itself, Rubio took the world by storm at the Olympic Games last year. Depending on who you talk to, he is the next Steve Nash or Pete Maravich.

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